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President Maithripala Sirisena says there will be a cabinet reshuffle on May 01. He was speaking at a ceremony at Sri Walagamba Pirivena in Dambulla. According to him, the Buddha Sasana Ministry too, would be changed.

Vinoj Suranjaya set a new Sri Lanka record in the men’s 200 m event yesterday. At the athletics qualifying rounds at Sugathadasa Stadium, he clocked 20.68 seconds. He bettered the 20.29 seconds mark set by Sugatha Tilakaratne in 1998.

CK Hutchison Group and Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC have entered into a definitive agreement to merge their mobile telecommunications businesses in Sri Lanka, operating under Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Private) Limited and Etisalat Lanka (Private) Limited respectively. The combined business of Hutch Lanka and ESL will be better positioned to …

Chairman of Horowpothana PS Charika Udayanga Wijeratne and five others were arrested yesterday. Police said they had allegedly assaulted the manger of a private company involved in maintenance work of Wagollakada-Horowpothana road and robbed Rs. 480,000 in cash from him.

School is a best platform to take the message of national reconciliation to society, says president Maithripala Sirisena. He was speaking at a function at Zahira College in Anuradhapura yesterday. He said a school comprising children of all communities gave a message of reconciliation.

The election for Sri Lanka Cricket, which was scheduled to be held on May 19, has been postponed due to an issue with the elections committee, the Ministry of Sports said. Nominations were due to close today. Thilanga Sumathipala will head an interim committee until the election is held.

The leaders of North and South Korea concluded their first round of negotiations by midday on Friday after two hours of small talk, jokes and pledges to work together to bring long-term peace to the peninsula and make the world a safer place. Kim Jong-un, regarded last year as an …